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By Mike Chaffin
O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.
2 You have taught children and infants
to tell of your strength,
silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.
3 When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
the moon and the stars you set in place—
4 what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?
5 Yet you made them only a little lower than God
and crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You gave them charge of everything you made,
putting all things under their authority—
7 the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.
9 O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Lord oh Lord, how majestic is your name! This psalm of David is a praise song and has inspired many others sung in church throughout the centuries. Here is the Psalm set to music by Shane and Shane. Psalm 8
Don’t we all sometimes just need to praise the Lord? This psalm points out that it shouldn’t be sometimes, it should be always. Our lives should be lived to the glory of God and for the purpose He made us, to praise the Lord.
On the Saturday before his crucifixion Jesus entered the temple. After cleaning out the money changers He taught and healed the people. The chief priests were upset at Jesus and the worship He was receiving. We read the confrontation in Matthew,
15 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant 16 and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise’?” Matthew 21:15-16
Here Jesus quotes the Greek version of verse 2 of this psalm and applies it toward Himself. Therefore, this Psalm points toward Christ’s deity as He accepts their worship. Psalm 8 is not only a praise song but also has Christological characteristics as Hebrews 2:6-8 and 1 Corinthians 15:25-27 quote verse 6 as Christ’s authority over everything.
Praise God for His goodness toward us. He has placed us in charge of this world until His return. The devil is still kicking and trying to tear the creation apart and tear us down. However, we live in the Kingdom of God where Satan has no power and that fills us with joy so overflowing we want to praise God for His majesty.
